Shares were mixed in thin Asian trading on Monday after U.S. stocks edged back from their all-time high. Oil prices fell and U.S. futures sank, while Chinese shares shed some of their early gains after a survey of manufacturers showed export orders dropping to a five-month low.

Asian stocks advanced Wednesday in thin Lunar New Year trading following a rebound on Wall Street driven by tech stocks as the panic over Chinese AI company DeepSeek faded.

World shares were mostly lower on Monday after U.S. stocks edged back from their all-time high, with many Asian markets closed for holidays. In early European trading,

U.S. stock indexes are drifting on Wednesday, ahead of the Federal Reserve’s upcoming decision on interest rates and after two days of disruption driven by doubts about the artificial-intelligence boom.

U.S. stocks slipped after the Federal Reserve held its main interest rate steady and broke a run of cuts that began in September

By Marc Jones and Lawrence Delevingne LONDON/BOSTON (Reuters) -World markets were calmer on Wednesday as the week’s rollercoaster ride for stock markets turned into wait and see ahead of the Federal Reserve’s first rate meeting of the year and results from Microsoft,